the way you make me feel
daily dos
sat 6/27/2009
Listen to "Better On The Other Side," a tribute to Michael Jackson by The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Polow Da Don, Usher, Mario Winans and Boyz II Men.
The-Dream vs. Keri Hilson
versus
tue 5/26/2009
| name | Terius Youngdell Nash. | Keri Lynn Hilson |
| aka | Radio killa. | Keri-oke. |
| birthdate | September 21, 1978. | October 27, 1982. |
| hometown | Atlanta, Georgia. | Decatur, Georgia. |
| style | R&B and pop. | R&B and pop. |
| wrote songs for | Britney Spears, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and J. Holiday. | Britney Spears, Omarion, Ludacris, Usher, Danity Kane and Ciara. |
| biggest hit | Rihanna's Umbrella. | Britney Spears' Gimme More. |
| went solo on | His debut, Love/Hate. | Timbaland's Shock Value. |
| latest release | His second album, Love vs Money. | Her debut, In A Perfect World.... |
| breakthrough tracks | Falsetto and Shawty is a 10. | The Way I Are with Timbaland. |
| current hit | Rockin That Thang. | Knock Me Down with Kanye West and Ne-Yo. |
| killer collab | Walkin' on the Moon with Kanye West. | Turnin' Me On with Lil Wayne. |
| signed to | Def Jam. | Mosley Music Group. |
| the critics | Slant Magazine: "[The-Dream] may not yet have the cache or price tag of super-producers like Pharrell and Timbaland, [but] he's already finding success at something those guys have been trying and failing at for years: gaining credibility as a solo act." | Vibe: "With an industry resumé lengthier than a bridal registry, it’s easy to wonder how Hilson got stuck in the quicksand… but perhaps Hilson sold some of the best of her goodies, when she really should have saved the best for last." |
| pals around with | Tricky Stewart, Christina Millan, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Beyoncé. | Timbaland, Polow Da Don, Danja, DJ Mormile and Ms Lago. |
| bet you didn't know | Once worked at fast food chain Checkers. | Beefed with Beyonce and Ciara. |
| in their own words | "Everybody started out, in this business, wanting to be in front of a mirror, or doin’ something – like, I was in a singing group before, like back in ‘98. Think I was sixteen, seventeen then. And to me, that’s what I was tryin’ to do. I was tryin’ to get in the business as an artist. I wasn’t trying to get in as a writer." - The-Dream | "I have to [separate myself as writer and singer] for business purposes and just everyday things. The only time it collides is when I’m in the studio, but even then, for the first couple of hours it’s the writer Keri, and then the next couple of hours I hop in the booth and I’m Keri the artist." - Keri Hilson. |
| web props | 88,849 friends on MySpace. | 265,490 friends on MySpace. |
| best video moment | Glowing and dancing in Rockin' That Thing. | Glowing and dancing in Turnin' Me On. |
Keri Hilson
whodat
wed 5/6/2009
Last year was supposed to belong to Keri Hilson.
In 2007, Hilson and Timbaland's dance hit The Way I Are was all over radio, in clubs, on phones and even in a McDonald's commercial. After years of behind-the-scenes work with five-member writing team The Clutch (Mary J. Blige, Britney Spears, Ciara), Hilson's glassy vocals put her center-stage. The leggy beauty's debut was scheduled for release that same year, but budget cuts at her label and two lukewarm singles prompted delays. Hilson bided her time with a guest slot on Nas’s Hero and sexy cameos in the videos for Usher’s Love in this Club and Ne-Yo's Miss Independent, all of which helped her stay on the radar.
It may have been worth the wait. Her debut, In a Perfect World..., has already delivered two hit singles, Turnin’ Me On featuring Lil’ Wayne and the sugary Knock You Down featuring Kanye West. Praised by some for its tight songwriting, the album. has also been criticized for overbearing production – primarily handled by Timbaland and Polow Da Don (Usher, Fergie, Ludacris) – and what Rolling Stone calls a lack of "personality."
Having already lived the ups and downs of the entertainment industry, the 26-year-old Hilson is taking it one day at a time: "Five years from now, I hope, I pray that I'm not jaded from the industry because there's so much you have to deal with to remain successful.”
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